This is the story of how my crush became my husband. It was a pleasure to share this story with you in 2013, but today I'm adding an extra chapter! Do you want to read my real life love story from the beginning?  Start here with The Window. I owe you a big apology.  Recently, we signed up for Netflix. I love a good drama, but for some reason I have been pulled to romantic movies. After watching my fair share over the past two months, I have come to realize that many of them end rather abruptly. There is a lot of build up between the leading lady and the leading male, there is some kind of conflict, and then the movie ends with their … [Read more...]

This is the story of how my crush became my husband. It has been a pleasure to share a new piece of the puzzle with you every Wednesday for the past several weeks. Need to catch up? Here is last week’s post: Engaged.  Do you want to read my real life love story from the beginning?  Start here with The Window. This post contains affiliate links. I crawled through his window.  I fell for him hard, but thought for sure he wasn't interested in me.  Boy, was I wrong!  We kissed on night number one.  We said good bye, not once, but twice.  We jumped on planes and saw the world.  We fell madly in love and I said yes.  Then it was time for us … [Read more...]

This is the story of how my crush became my husband. Each Wednesday I’m sharing another piece of the puzzle to this real life love story. Need to catch up? Here is last week’s post: He Came Home.  If you are new here you can start at the beginning with The Window. Nate and I spent a lot of time talking about our relationship while he was doing missions in Jamaica.  We had spent so much time away from each other that it almost felt crazy to think we would be able to see each other on a regular basis. I clearly remember one conversation we had about when we thought we would get engaged.  Would it be within 3 months of Nate coming home?  6 … [Read more...]

This is the story of how my crush became my husband. Each Wednesday I’m sharing another piece of the puzzle to this real life love story. Need to catch up? Here is last week’s post: Communication.  If you are new here you can start at the beginning with The Window. I gave myself the most amazing gift when I graduated from college.  I wasn't thrilled about graduating. My friends would be scattering across the country (and globe!) and the “real world” didn't seem that appealing. Plus my boyfriend was in Jamaica and I still had several weeks before he would come home. My university had a required cross-cultural program. I fulfilled that … [Read more...]

 This is the story of how my crush became my husband. Each Wednesday I’m sharing another piece of the puzzle to this real life love story. Need to catch up? Here is last week’s post: Jamaica.  If you are new here you can start at the beginning with The Window. Nate and I struggled to maintain good communication while he was doing missions in Jamaica.  We both had access to the internet, but it wasn't like how things are today.  This was before Skype, free WiFi, and iMessaging.  Nate only had the internet at work and neither one of us had a cell phone. During our long distance relationship, communication usually looked like this: I … [Read more...]

This is the story of how my crush became my husband. Each Wednesday I’m sharing another piece of the puzzle. Need to catch up? Here is last week’s post: Guatemala Nate and I missed each other terribly while I was in Guatemala and he was finishing his last semester of college.  I desperately longed for our reunion.  Unfortunately, it looked like that reunion wouldn't last long. Nate applied to do an 11 month long mission assignment with Mennonite Central Committee.  While I was in Guatemala we found out that he was accepted to the program and would be leaving for Jamaica in August. I was conflicted over this decision.  On one hand I … [Read more...]